ARSENAL striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang missed a 90th-minute penalty as a scrappy north-London derby against Tottenham ended in a draw. See how the action unfolded with Express Sport.

Hugo Lloris got down low to keep out the substitute's poor kick and rescue a below-par Tottenham who had equalised in the 74th minute through Harry Kane's spot-kick.

Arsenal, bidding to close the gap to their arch-rivals to one point, had taken the lead in the 16th minute when Aaron Ramsey broke clear after a mistake by Davinson Sanchez.

Kane had a first-half header ruled out for offside but Tottenham struggled to create chances as a third Premier League defeat in succession for the first time since 2012 loomed.

Alexandre Lacazette had wasted a good chance to make it 2-0 to Arsenal, but it was the man who replaced him, Aubameyang, who cost his side victory with a poorly-struck penalty after Sanchez was adjudged to have fouled him.

A niggly game ended with Arsenal's other substitute Lucas Torreira being red-carded for a high tackle on Danny Rose.

Arsenal were a spot-kick away from collecting maximum points and moving to within a single point of rivals Tottenham. Much was said about Unai Emery’s tactics before the match - but he got it spot on and will count himself unlucky not to have beaten a lacklustre Spurs side.

TOTTENHAM 1-1 ARSENAL | RED CARD

94: Unbelievable stuff! Anthony Taylor shows his first red card of the season to Arsenal substitute Lucas Torreira. The midfielder flies in with his studs up on Danny Rose and the Uruguayan is given his marching orders.

93: Wembley is going berserk as we enter the final two minutes of stoppage time.

90: Saved! It’s a truly poor penalty from substitute Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. He strikes it at a nice height for Hugo Lloris to parry away.

Iwobi drives the ball back into the six-yard box and Aubameyang looks to have a tap-in until Jan Vertonghen turns it behind for a corner. He came outta nowhere!

PENALTY TO ARSENAL

89: Davinson Sanchez can’t help but have a nibble when the wrong side of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang inside the penalty area. It’s the finest of touches but the striker goes down and Anthony Taylor awards the penalty.

88: Where’s this last chance coming from? It could easily go either way but we haven’t had any chances. Jan Vertonghen nips beyond Henrikh Mkhitaryan before curling a cross into the penalty area. Laurent Koscielny clears, as he’s done all afternoon.

85:Arsenal are the only side yet to register an away clean sheet in the Premier League this season.

83:Fernando Llorente booked for a clumsy challenge on Laurent Koscielny.

82:I’ll be honest - this has been rubbish over the last five minutes. Neither side is capable of keeping the ball for more than a few passes.

80: Harry Kane has now scored four Premier League penalties against Arsenal; only Alan Shearer against Everton (7) and Southampton (5), and Steven Gerrard against Aston Villa (5) have more against a single opponent in competition history.

79: Lots of huffing and puffing from both sides but we’ve yet to see another chance since Harry Kane’s penalty.

77: It was lost in the penalty mayhem but Mesut Ozil came on for Aaron Ramsey in the 72nd-minute. Spurs make another change too with Fernando Llorente replacing Son.

75: “Arsenal have been cheated, Kane clearly offside, only way they were going to get in the match as dreadful is being very kind to Spurs today,” says Thomas on Twitter. Quite rightly livid about that decision.

70: Big decision! Erik Lamela’s cross completely bamboozles Henrikh Mkhitaryan and falls to Danny Rose at the far post. The full-back fluffs his first touch and catches Bernd Leno in the chest with both feet facing up.

Red card? Tough one. Rose HAD to go for it and clearly didn’t intend to connect with the goalkeeper. No punishment.

68: Arsenal have foiled everything that Spurs have to offer over the last ten minutes. Tottenham are getting into the final third before running out of ideas and passing backwards.

Lamela tries one from distance but Leno has to covered.

65:Erik Lamela is booked just minutes after coming on for a foul on Granit Xhaka. He loves a yellow card does the Argentine.

63:Whisper this… but Arsenal are looking comfortable. Sokratis and Koscielny are looking excellent at the back while Tottenham’s final ball has largely been poor.

60: Silly booking from Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who tugs back Harry Kane on the halfway line. Totally unnecessary because Sokratis had it covered.

Erik Lamela arrives for Spurs, Victor Wanyama heads off.

58: 21 months since Toby Alderweireld last scored for Spurs… he hasn’t come much closer to breaking that duck when hammering a poor Arsenal clearance into the side-netting.

Unai Emery makes a second change with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on for Alexandre Lacazette.

56: What?! Alexandre Lacazette has missed his second sitter of the afternoon. Great enterprising football from Arsenal sees Nacho Monreal lay the ball on a plate for the Frenchman, who skews wide from eight yards.

54:Tottenham have started this half on front-foot but that killer pass in the final third still alludes them.

51: Terrible!Harry Kane does so well to escape the attentions of three Arsenal players before scooping the ball out wide. Trippier collects before blazing a cross straight out of play. Moans and groans from the frustrated home supporters.

48:Quite strange that Mauricio Pochettino hasn’t made a change. The three centre-backs seem a bit unnecessary to mark lone striker Alexandre Lacazette.

TOTTENHAM 0-1 ARSENAL

45: And we’re back underway at Wembley.

Remember, if the result stays the same then Arsenal will move to within one point of their north London neighbours.

Paul: This game so far is excellent for the neutral - happily rewarding for the neutral who would wake up early on a Saturday to watch it.

Mark: This playing it out from the back does not work. Even the likes of City who started it all get caught so many times. they play 3 or 4 dangerous passes then someone lumps it up the pitch. Pointless.

Craig: Surely Alex Iwobi has to come off! Aubameyang could exploit that very high line. Right now, only a question of when Spurs will score. Arsenal can’t play like this all game.

HT: Mauricio Pochettino takes his jacket off in frustration as he walks down the tunnel. Aaron Ramsey’s goal from a clinical counter-attack is the difference at the break.

45: Save! Woooooow - MASSIVE save from Bernd Leno just before the break. Son starts the move with a pin-point pass over to Kieran Trippier. He cuts it back for Harry Kane, who floats a cross over to Christian Eriksen.

The Dane volleys from close range and Leno makes a terrific reflex save and manages to jump back to his feet to deny Moussa Sissoko’s drilled rebound. Exquisite.

44: Save! Alex Iwobi is given the freedom of the left touchline and very nearly makes Spurs pay. He cuts inside and forces a full-stretch save from Hugo Loris, who paws it away.

43: Referee Anthony Taylor gets in the way and deflects the ball back to Arsenal. The visitors enjoyed that one.

40: End-to-end stuff now as Spurs counter from an Arsenal free-kick. Sissoko blisters down the right flank before slipping it over to Trippier. His low, sweeping cross is cleared before Harry Kane could convert.

38:Bernd Leno is warned about wasting time. That may have something to do with Spurs enjoying 68 percent possession and piling on the pressure. Still no shots on target from Mauricio Pochettino’s side…

35:Cracking stuff from Son and Rose. A neat one-two sees the attacker slip behind Mustafi before seeing his snapshot deflected wide by Sokratis. The corner is hoofed into orbit.

33:Sustained pressure from Tottenham ends with Christian Eriksen drilling wide from an acute angle. Did you know that he’s never scored in a north London derby?!

30:We’ve just ticked past the half-hour mark with Arsenal ahead through Ramsey’s opener. Spurs dominating possession but their crazy high line is giving Arsenal joy on the counter.

28: Better from Spurs now. Son wriggles his way past a couple of defenders before Nacho Monreal nicks the ball of his toes.

25: Spicy now! Tackles flying in all over the place with Mustafi cleaning out Rose on the left touchline. Referee Anthony Taylor, who is the only Premier League referee NOT to have dishes out a red card this season, just gives him a ticking off.

23: GOALLLFFFSIDE! Tottenham think they are level when Harry Kane unleashes a bullet header from a Kieran Trippier free-kick. Celebrations are cut short when the linesman raises his flag. Correct decision.

20: No real response from Tottenham, who are struggling to piece anything together. They are just lacking a spark recently. Perhaps one could open the floodgates.

10:“JUST HIT IT,”says the keen Arsenal fan sitting next to me. He was livid with Henrikh Mkhitaryan, who was allowed to drive to the edge of the penalty area before attempting a reverse pass. Should have leathered it.

8: Steve McManaman says he’ll be very surprised if Arsenal keep a clean sheet today. He did also predict that Liverpool would knock Bayern Munich for six the other week…

All action in the middle of the park as a frantic NLD continues. Arsenal have defended well but keep losing possession in midfield - they are just handing the ball back to Spurs on the halfway line.

5: Spurs respond with an opportunity of their own as Kieran Trippier, proud new owner of a classic own goal, fizzes a cross into the penalty area that Koscielny clears before Harry Kane could apply the finish.

3: Huge chance! Alexandre Lacazette should have opened the scoring inside three minutes.

Alex Iwobi drives inside and sees his shot deflected over the Spurs defence and straight to Lacazette. He spins and scuffs the ball across the face of goal. You can almost here every Arsenal fan saying: "Aubameyang would have scored that..."

TOTTENHAM 0-0 ARSENAL

1: I really don’t understand what Unai Emery has done with his starting XI today. Has he over-thought this? The new tinker man perhaps…

Shkodran Mustafi does indeed start at right back with Henrikh Mkhitaryan protecting him. Can’t see that going well. Anyway, we're underway!

12:23: Just under 10 minutes until we’re underway folks. Jake Humphrey and the BT Sport gang have just treated us to a close up shot of the centre-circle. And, in particular, the piece of grass that kick off will be taken from. Subscription worth every single penny.

Twitter round-up

Mark: Got a good feeling about today’s game. I’m calling a 3-1 victory for Arsenal. We love a bit of Wembley!

Riki: Any result from the NLD will be good for Manchester United, provided they beat the Saints later on. But I think it will be a draw today.

James: I don’t know what this line up is. To win 5-1 midweek and then drop half the team is absolutely ridiculous. I’ve been all for Emery and what he’s doing this season but anything other than a victory should bring justified criticism.

12:15: Mauricio Pochettino acknowledges the occasion of a derby, but says every game is significant.

"Today Chelsea and Arsenal are the same level in terms of rivalry," he added. "We are playing Fulham, Watford, West Ham, Arsenal, Chelsea... they're all London derbies.

"We are going to try and win the game because they're so important for the fans. But Burnley was important for the fans, too. The rivalry is so important because of the history, but every game, for us, is so important."

Ah yes, the highly-anticipated Watford vs Tottenham derby…

Pochettino's home comforts

12:10: Mauricio Pochettino has never lost a home Premier League game against Arsenal (P5 W3 D2 L0) – the only manager to have managed more home games against the Gunners without losing is Jose Mourinho (9).

12:04: The away team have won just one of the last 16 Premier League fixtures between Spurs and Arsenal, with the Gunners winning 1-0 at White Hart Lane in March 2014; the home team has won each of the last four since April 2017.

Unai Emery explains

12:00: So Unai Emery has just explained his starting XI.

Asked why he’s made five changes to the side that smashed Bournemouth to bits, the Gunners boss said that he needed high energy from his side and wanted quality on the bench…

I’m no manager, but don’t you want your best players starting?! I make SIX out of SEVEN Arsenal substitutes that should arguably be in the team.

Tom: As a concerned fan, I'll love to have an explanation why Mesut Ozil didn't start. And the excuse will be fatigue, why let him run out the whole match against Bournemouth when the match was won?!

Mo: Lucas Torreira on the bench?! This could be a costly mistake on the team selection.

Daniel: As a Spurs fan and judging on our team alone, we will lose, reverting back to a back 3 where we rarely play well with, no Moura in starting XI and starting formation changes again! Why has MP abandoned the 4-2-3-1 that has served so well for 3-4 years?

Josh: As a Spurs fan, very pleased with our lineup. Think its our best 11 we have and hope we can snatch the points. Biggest NLD in the past decade in my opinion. COYS.

Is it law for Tottenham supporters to start their tweets with ‘As a Spurs fan’??

11:40: Quite unsettling comments from Mauricio Pochettino during his press conference yesterday. Unsettling if you’re a Spurs supporter, of course.

Pochettino told Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy to find another "magic guy" if he is expected to start winning the Premier League and Champions League in the club's current climate.

"I cannot change opinions and everyone can judge us in a different way," he said. "That's why I told you that, maybe if Daniel said to me next season, 'We need to win a title, we need to win the Champions League and we need to win the Premier League', then maybe you need to find another magic guy who can do this.

"You cannot put a gun here (points to head) and say, 'We need to win', if we're not fighting with the same tools as another team."

Tottenham will give fitness tests to Jan Vertonghen and Harry Winks ahead of Saturday's north London derby. Vertonghen picked up a hip injury in the build-up to Wednesday's defeat at Chelsea, where Winks sustained a similar problem. Dele Alli (hamstring) and Eric Dier (tonsillitis) are both out.

Captain Laurent Koscielny should be fit to lead out Arsenal. The defender was forced off in Wednesday's win over Bournemouth after taking a knock to his knee - but it is expected that he will be ready to face Spurs. Stephan Lichtsteiner (back) is also available with long-term absentees Danny Welbeck (ankle), Hector Bellerin and Rob Holding (both knee) still missing.